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lets see.... where can we begin.. well here are the basics
Food: bear meat, fish, pork fat, pork, pickled foods, dairy products, fish eggs (the culinary contribution to the world), Borch (Russian soup can be hot or cold), pancakes, berries, fresh veggies, bread
Drink: vodka-it's cheep and said to be only good or great. Russians do a lot of toasting.
Language: 33 letters/ characters, slavic
Roots: European, Viking, Scandinavian, Mongolian.
Religion: Russian Orthodox, Muslium, Jewish
People in history- Alexander Nevsky, Cathrine the Great, Peter the Great, Ivan the terrible
The Russian Soul: The Russian soul has been described as: sensitive, revere, imaginative, an inclination to tears [but not publicly], compassionate, submissive mingled with stubbornness, patience that permits survival in what would seem to be unbearable circumstances, poetic, mysticism, fatalism, a penchant for walking the dark, introspective, sudden unmotivated cruelty, mistrust of rational thought, fascination - the list goes on. Russians maintain their integrity in a way that conforms to their inner notion of what a human being should be, with a blatant honesty and integrity seldom seen elsewhere in the world. Above all they have an appreciation for wholeness or complete commitment and faith, no matter what that faith might be related to. Basicly unless your Russian you will never understand.
Major History events- Tartars, Fall of Communism, Stalin, Cold War, Constant cruelties, wars, devastation, hardships
"Mother Russia": term that is widely used to decribe Russia as the people's mother land and it is a tribute to the women of russia.
People: Have high pride in their culture and country but still understand the bad parts of it. If they don't know you, the tend not to converse with you and seem aloof. but once you befriend a russian, you befriend them for life.
Literature: Leo Tolstoy famous for writing "War and Peace", and "Anna Karenina"
Art: Mikhail Trufanov.
Climate: Siberia is cold as hell, some parts of Russia is either cold or really hot during the year, some parts have winter 3/4 of the year, some parts have all four seasons. really depends where you are, during July there is almost 24hours of sunlight.
Culture: Ballet, the Russian circus,
Government: Government-centered
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